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Deployment Strategist (FinTech / Consulting Background)
Contract Opportunity
Manhattan, New York Based - Onsite
We’re partnering with a high-growth, Series C financial technology company delivering complex software implementations for enterprise clients. As they scale across multiple large, business-critical deployments, they’re looking to bring in exceptional contract talent to support delivery.
The Opportunity
You’ll join a fast-paced deployment team working on large-scale implementation programmes for enterprise clients in the financial services space.
These projects involve rolling out a core technology platform across client organisations, impacting operations, processes, and customer experience at scale. Each deployment is multi-phase, highly complex, and requires close coordination across product, engineering, and business teams.
With multiple implementations running in parallel over the next 12–24 months, additional support is critical to ensure successful delivery against key milestones.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting end-to-end software implementation and deployment programmes
- Mapping and optimising business processes as part of system rollout
- Producing high-quality documentation, requirements, and workflows
- Assisting with solution design in collaboration with product and engineering teams
- Driving elements of project management, tracking progress and dependencies
- Supporting UAT, testing coordination, and issue resolution
- Contributing to change management and operational readiness
- Acting as a key execution layer, enabling senior team members to stay focused on core product and strategic priorities
Ideal Background
We’re looking for high-calibre individuals with backgrounds such as:
- Top-tier management consulting firms
- Investment banking or financial services
- High-growth fintech or technology environments
You’ll likely have:
- Experience in implementation, transformation, or delivery roles
- A track record of working on complex, multi-stakeholder projects
- Proven ability to ramp up quickly in new domains
- Confidence operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
What Makes This Role Different
- Work on large-scale, high-impact implementations with real operational complexity
- Join a rapidly scaling fintech with significant growth ahead
- Collaborate with a high-performing, execution-focused team
- Opportunity to make an immediate, hands-on impact on live projects
Contract Details
- Contract length: 6–12 months (flexible)
- Start: Immediate / ASAP
- Location: New York, Manhattan (On-Site)
- Workload: This is a high-intensity role, suited to candidates comfortable working in demanding delivery environments